Thedraft of the Food Commissariat and § 4 of the
S.E.C.
draft{3} shall be accepted as a basis.

Acommission to be set up to work out the whole draft in detail in
order to establish with absolute accuracy both the separate districts (in
Food Commissariat’s §§) and the concrete measures to reinforce the Food
Army at definite centres, enlist the co-operation of the workers, determine
the amount of necessary and possible deliveries of spirit and starch, and
so on.

Thecommission shall precisely formulate the Food Commissariat’s
responsibility for fulfilment of all emergency measures and their
enforcement in a revolutionary manner so that this responsibility can be
taken into account in the C.P.C.’s future policy.

Notes

{2}
This draft decision was adopted by the C.P.C. on November 18,
1919. —Ed.

{3}
Simultaneously with the draft of the Food Commissariat the
C.P.C. discussed the draft of the Supreme Economic Council on the same
question. Point 4 of the S.E.C. draft read: “The starch and treacle
factories shall be allowed to make contracts with the peasants for the
delivery of potatoes, and to issue 1 pound of produce for every processed
pood” (Lenin Miscellany XXIV, p. 140). —Ed.

{4}
The decree on potato purchases drafted by the commission was endorsed
by the C.P.C. on Saturday, November 22, 1919, with amendments proposed at
its meeting.—Ed.